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Indian airline companies, airports and some brokerages affected by worldwide IT interruption

Several Indian airline companies and airports and traders at some brokerages stated they dealt with technical and operational disruptions on Friday amid a worldwide IT blackout.

India's minister for infotech in a post on X. said the ministry was in touch with Microsoft and its associates. regarding the global blackout.

An update to an item used by worldwide cybersecurity firm. CrowdStrike appeared to be the trigger, impacting. consumers using Microsoft's Windows Os. Microsoft stated in the future Friday the problem had been repaired.

The factor for this blackout has actually been determined and updates. have been launched to deal with the concern, India's minister for. information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

We are presently experiencing technical challenges with our. company, impacting online services including reservation,. check-in, and handle booking performances, Indian airline company. SpiceJet stated on social media platform X.

Indigo, Akasa Air, Vistara, Air India and Air India Express. likewise posted messages on X stating they were facing problems.

New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai airports said they. too faced some IT concerns and some services were temporarily. affected.

While India's brokerage firms dealt with technical concerns, stock. exchanges were not affected. NSE and BSE said that their. operations were running normally.

Among the brokerages in India, Nuvama Wealth Management. , Edelweiss Mutual Fund, Motilal Oswal, IIFL Securities. , 5Paisa Capital and Angel Broking are facing. technical troubles, traders at the brokerages told .

Edelweiss Mutual Fund posted on X that its systems were. facing login problems which it was working to fix. Nuvama in a. statement to said it had actually seen a restricted impact due to. the global outage.

Other brokerage firms did not immediately respond to. ask for remark.

India's interbank trading platforms were working,. however, and banks stated they were able to execute bonds and. forex transactions with no concerns.

Banking sources stated that the major banks have not dealt with any. technical problems.

A source at the country's reserve bank stated they understood. of the worldwide failure but their systems were practical.

Significant U.S. airline companies likewise issued ground stops mentioning. communications concerns while some other airline companies, banks, media. and healthcare facilities around the world were also amongst those impacted by. the interruption.

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz stated on X that the business was. actively dealing with customers impacted by a problem discovered in a. single content upgrade for Windows hosts and that a repair was. being deployed.

This is not a security incident or cyberattack, Kurtz said. in the post.

(source: Reuters)